The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Type: Statutory

Starting Date: 01/09/2010

Closing Date: 24/11/2010

Short Description

 

The Energy Act (2004) requires us to review and publish our Strategy at least every five years. This consultation document presents the review of our first Strategy, which contained numerous delivery commitments. This document sets out our long-term objectives and strategic direction which focuses on ensuring the efficient decommissioning and clean-up of the UK civil public sector nuclear legacy sites, while encouraging high standards in health, safety, security and environmental performance.

The Environmental and Sustainability Report was part of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) undertaken to inform the draft Strategy. A non technical summary document highlights the content of the Strategy, describes the assessment process, and identifies the findings and recommendations arising from the assessment.

In this consultation, we wanted to hear from members of the public, nuclear regulators, employees within our Site Licence Companies (SLCs), trade unions, local authorities, Site Stakeholder Groups (SSGs), Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and any other organisation or public body.

• More information on our strategy

Consultation Documents

Draft Strategy

 Draft Strategy published September 2010 for consultation (print-friendly version) (1Mb)

 Draft Strategy published September 2010 for consultation (full-colour version) (4Mb)

Strategic Environmental Assessment

Strategic Environmental Assessment (Non Technical Summary):

 NDA Strategy Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental and Sustainability Report Non Technical Summary September 2010 (1Mb)

Strategic Environmental Assessment (Main Report):

 NDA Strategy Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental and Sustainability Report September 2010 (1Mb)

Strategic Environmental Assessment Appendices:

 NDA Strategy Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental and Sustainability Report Appendix A September 2010 (1Mb)
Abbreviations and glossary.

 NDA Strategy Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental and Sustainability Report Appendix B September 2010 (1Mb)
Review of plans and programmes.

 NDA Strategy Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental and Sustainability Report Appendix C September 2010 (1Mb)
Baseline information.

 NDA Strategy Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental and Sustainability Report Appendix D September 2010 (1Mb)
Detailed assessment matrices.

 NDA Strategy Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental and Sustainability Report Appendix E September 2010 (1Mb)
Quality assurance checklist.

Response to Consultation

Draft Strategy Response

 NDA Strategy - Post Consultation Response April 2011 (500Kb)
This report aims to summarise respondents' comments against each of the 20 consultation questions, the corresponding NDA response and how the range of stakeholder views received has informed our final Strategy.

Individual responses and NDA response to consultation questions:

1. What are the most important factors for the NDA to consider when developing estate-wide, good practice principles for decommissioning and clean-up and why?
 NDA Strategy Post Consultation Responses - Decommissioning and Clean-Up April 2011 (1Mb)

2. What factors should the NDA consider when exploring opportunities for managing contamination in-situ?
 NDA Strategy Post Consultation Responses - Land Quality Management April 2011 (1Mb)

3. What are your views on the NDA's preferred strategy to restore a site to a condition suitable for its next planned use?

4. What factors should the NDA take into account when determining how much restoration is sufficient?

5. Do you agree with the NDA's expectation that none of our facilities will be preserved for national industrial heritage? If not, why not?
 NDA Strategy Post Consultation Responses - Site End States April 2011 (1Mb)

6. When evaluating options for the management of spent Magnox fuel, what factors are most important for the NDA to take into account and why?
 NDA Strategy Post Consultation Responses - Spent Magnox Fuel April 2011 (1Mb)

7. When evaluating options for the management of spent oxide fuel, what factors are the most important for the NDA to take into account and why?
 NDA Strategy Post Consultation Responses - Spent Oxide Fuel April 2011 (1Mb)

8. When evaluating options for the management of exotic fuels, what factors are the most important for the NDA to take into account and why?
 NDA Strategy Post Consultation Responses - Spent Exotic Fuel April 2011 (1Mb)

9. In the development of future management options for uranics, what factors are the most important for the NDA to take into account and why?
 NDA Strategy Post Consultation Responses - Uranics April 2011 (1Mb)

10. What are your views on the principles we describe for the management of waste on our estate?
 NDA Strategy Post Consultation Responses - Integrated Waste Management April 2011 (1Mb)

11. What are your views on consolidating storage of radioactive waste at a reduced number of sites and on the possibility of near surface disposal of some ILW at or near existing nuclear licensed sites?
 NDA Strategy Post Consultation Responses - Higher Activity Waste April 2011 (1Mb)

12. What comments do you have on how we should implement the strategy set out here? NDA Strategy Post Consultation Responses - Lower Activity Waste April 2011 (1Mb)

13. Do you think there are other opportunities for managing non-radioactive and hazardous waste better across the NDA estate, and if so what are they?
 NDA Strategy Post Consultation Responses - Non-Radioactive and Hazardous Waste April 2011 (1Mb)

14. When evaluating the opportunities to dispose of assets or pursue additional commercial revenue, what factors are the most important for the NDA to take into account and why?
 NDA Strategy Post Consultation Responses - Revenue Optimisation April 2011(1Mb)

15. What factors do you believe NDA should take into account in seeking the optimum standards of health, safety, security and environmental performance in the delivery of environmental restoration?
 NDA Strategy Post Consultation Responses - Health Safety Security Safeguards Environment and Quality April 2011 (1Mb)

16. What do you think about the NDA taking a broader role by co-ordinating R&D strategy for decommissioning and clean up across the wider nuclear sector?
 NDA Strategy Post Consultation Responses - Research and Development April 2011 (1Mb)

17. What are your views on the NDA's proposal that in order to deliver our people strategy, we should extend our partnerships to other parts of the nuclear industry?
 NDA Strategy Post Consultation Responses - People incorporating Skills and Capability April 2011 (1Mb)

18. To what extent should the NDA focus on knowledge management compared to information management compliance?
 NDA Strategy Post Consultation Responses - Information and Knowledge Management April 2011 (1Mb)
 

19. What alternative approaches could be considered in the delivery of our socio-economic activities?
 NDA Strategy Post Consultation Responses - Socio-Economics April 2011(1Mb)

20. What emphasis should the NDA place on using transport rather than duplicating assets and capabilities in numerous locations across our estate?
 NDA Strategy Post Consultation Responses - Transport and Logistics April 2011 (1Mb)

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Response

 NDA Strategy - Strategic Environmental Assessment Post Adoption Statement April 2011 (300Kb)
The purpose of this document is to detail how environmental considerations, the views of consultees and the recommendations of the Environmental and Sustainability Report have been taken into account in the adopted NDA Strategy.

 NDA Strategy Post Consultation Responses - Strategic Environmental Assessment April 2011 (1Mb)
This document presents consultation questions from our Draft Strategy related to strategic environmental assessment, corresponding comments received and our responses.

Final Documents

 NDA Strategy - Effective from April 2011 (full colour version) (5Mb)
This document presents the outcome of our review of our first Strategy published in 2006. This revised Strategy sets out our strategic direction and describes our long-term objectives. It covers the duration of our mission, whilst summarising the current position at the time of publication.

 NDA Strategy - Effective from April 2011 (print-friendly version) (1Mb)